The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

i 1. - Marsh a l s , M Messrs. Pierce and Colli n s, an d attendants,. n s eal horseback; 2. C ounc il o f t h e P o li t i ca l U n i on; 3. ettle ers of the Union ; 4. G un-ma k ers ; 5. H o l loway Head Dis trict ; 6. Hibernian Society; 7. Silk Hatters; 8. Tailors; 9,5 r • Carpenters ; 1 0. Bricklayers; 11. Plasterers ; 12. Sawyers ; Stampers and Piercers; 14. Gilt Toy-makers an d Jewel -4; 15. BraB. ss ver d S founers ; Platel-6workers. . Pinmakers ; 17. Plumb e r s and Glaziers; lil The second, cr Wolverhampton Division, under the care .0.! Mr. Wi lkes, proceeded up Great Hampton-street, Snow 'ill, Great Charles -street, Congreve-street, to Edmund-street. I .,,The thi r d, or Walsall Division, under the care of Mr. Jar, Tayl or , procee d ed up Lancaster-street, Steelhouse tu,e, to Colmore-row. The fourth, or D u dl ey D i v i sion, under the care of Mr. 44 e tc'Y Sansum, p rocee d e d up S pr i ng -h i ll, Friday-street, to rest Charles- street. pihe fifth' or Hales owen Divi s ion, un d er th e care o f M r. str ee Pn Thom so roceeded down Broad-street and Edmund , to Congrevi p estreet. 11 Tnrhe Sixth, or W arw i c k Di v i s i on , un d er t h e care of Mr. ti n e „.Y„A. " Amore, proceed e d along Bordesley, Di g b e th, Bull 'h eh -street cw Al teh.street to the head or New-street. seventh or Studley Division, under the care of Mr. fl ,,g all e Horton proceeded along the Bristol-road, Horse-fair, ,b rook-street, to top of Hill-street. t be divisions w ere composed of the deputations from the '''„,'",wine places • knefi ••' • • men of Birmingham ; the kto rst division comprised the 1 1 , Int division consisted of the Reformers from Wo b lver. 1.11,,t°n, Bilston, Willenhall, Darlsston, N . Ved . rie- bury, Cst°rorriwich, and Handsworth ; the third division con ticiled of the Reformers f, or Walsall, Bioxwieh,. B te a d rr, of S t u h t e - Percis4nd Erdington ; the fourth division 41(1-niers from Dudley, Tipton, Oldbury, Sinoth -0., and Birmingham Heath : the fifth division Consisted h •''e Reformers from Kidderminster, Brieiley-hill, Stour- L • 3k, Rowley, Hagley, Halesowen,Cradley, and Her -I.,ett, the sixth division consisted of the _Reformers f rom Len , li gten, 'Warwick, Kenilworth, Coventry, Knowle, Soli- Il e r :nsi Shi r l ey -street ; the seventh division ccnist_cd of the Stt,°,iireers from Worcester, Bromsgroy e , Rednai s I, Reddie 1 . l , King's N orton , Northfield, and Selly Oak. Ifni"' v ast multit u d e an d t h e C ounc il o f t h e Birminghaiart ! rlived at the p' ace o f meet i s e shortly after one o'clock, cf: a i t l leb hour. the appearance of the ground was indeed one Ittri ph r ,. ll , l Y imposing character.. The ground formed a perfect the ,o: Lue atee, in which 200,000 spectators could be, ..without t e ' i"htsst inconvenience contained : and the hustin„s we Ithheeptliadree:adterthat on the risit ' ig ground which compassed them, number of those assembled could hear distinctly 14.04a:strew, delivered to them. The various trades ap tosnhc.hed the platform, by bands of music,. a d n BS well as preceded by several. character, and flags keilitthseriptions and devices of a patriotic l c tt,ouglY beautiful in appearance- the f ie th i a g e r h a ts and advan platform were oes,,Die%Positions in the immediate vicinity from an early hour by eager an . d o . anxious . thousands, it tle; "Y the exlasnations, which they . I.‘er,l , now and then 4 AV' evinced the ardour and enthusiasm of their feelings ea n , e for the promotion of which they had co a ncsregated. , 'distance I llee e ti n , the b eat i ng of the drums, which, at n'es e " the approach of the procession, was heard, all hr°eßeed strained in the direction from which the sounds f /t hie; t eed t and in a short time the mass of human beings o h, r . • was composed. eared in view, incalculable in num. occpying a space almost measureless in extent. j a t if e ° ll ld not have been less than 200,000 men in the field T ha i s — l la st one o'clock, at which time Mr. Muntz moved isheAttwood Esq.. M.P. to the chair. €C It said,—Friends, countrymen, and brothers ! ‘‘e sh .- ▪ ,Zat and solemn occasion, it is hut just and right that implor e the blessing of Almighty God on our cause, st i ll order to with mesarequest that you will take off your ve v a , eV repeat ilh oU re i:L" Oh, God ! we thank thee for the many blessings kre at bast shown to this country. We are engaged in the r i o vrortkke,of obtaining the great blessings of good govern persle, and we implore this blessing on iethre end this our just and , righteous cause." ( Here is e vl.) , es Polise Amen ; ran trough the entire "s:ve hi rn -the Chairman proceeded to say that meeting " t hath - g re at 1 0 3, and every just man ought to feel great joy la eautiful sig'st.—( Cheers.) That meeting was sufficient onl ndsiteittiguiridtib'debPoenople of England, for there was no mis e our to the country. He wished Marshal Testtlnit been there that day_ he would then have an op '''. t h e Y of seeing how Englishmen vanquish each oth . er, ' th ey Y d " quite in a dill. rent way from that in which the ;euenquererl him.—( Cheers. ) They were embarked in ttr ib l St cause of obtaining their rights, and they were de -I.lA,tieT,l to obtain them.—( Cheers.) God had bestowed theste,,sedelesings on the country, but Government had be w",ne•--(Cheers.) And, with the blessing of God, '',Oehi.°,ll'd char, e that Government.—( Cheers.) They e 'ange the g House ‘ of Coanncns. lie had gone with 4)liteertation to Lord Melbourne some time ago, which de liad• consisted ef 15 representatives of Whigs, Tories, and Lord Melbourne said that they could do nothing ",, T ell: • : luse of Commons was against them. He told Lord .;*" :o tin4, is e that the people would change the House of :111thmi —(Cheers.) He trusted th•t they should change 43-se,'S Commons- not on a little nis.ter, not with a t lear s t ' ua nge, but vi.th a total and absolu:e change.— )'ets r , T,hey had made some small change about seven peo'gni . nut that ell ' ange disappointed the best Lopes of -13. e. They now, therefore, called for a total change. Ls • meetin at a Public meeting held there ; the third, at a publi c g in Preston ; and also from Huddersfield, Keightly, and D ews b ery.—( Loud cheers.) He understood that some of those towns bad d e p u t e d M r. O'C onnor by public meet tr,,, es . , and eth ers by associations there, but all gave evid ence "' the universal interest ta:en in the welfare of the millions.— ( Lend cheers.) Sabo having At ele ven o ' clock the Chair was taken by Mr. Merwoon, .a , n . d having been received with loud and co n ti nue d c h eer i ne read the re qu i s i t i on, sa id t h at he would now, before le names of the Council were read, call on the Treasurer to Tnlale his report—( Hear)—and to show the amount cf the _ads receivid, and how they had been applied for the benefit Cf.the T.lnien end of the country. Doeet.es, the Treasurer, then came forward, end said that the statement he had to make was a brief one ; but he trusted it would be satisfactory. It concluded the transactions 9f the five qu arters w hi ch had expired since the renewal of the :nio n in the July of last rear. The total amount received from the sale of tickets up to Saturday last was eOO/. 15s. G 1. --(Ch eers. ) The told amount of donations received op to the satne date included the interest of the bequest of :11r. Stator, which' was 1001.; also ‘)-11. 3s. contribut e d by th e gun as Cbeering. ) He always looked on that donation a very satisfactory one, coining from the gun-makers. There was another also for which they must also feel grateful, it was one of 20/. from Mr. Scholefield, who he had the pleasure to announce to them would be with them that day on Holloway qead. He then proceeded to say that the addition to the funds Dr the Union, since the renewal, amounted to 213/. 19s. Id. The amount disbursed, including the sums advanced for the ex penses of the day, were 529/. 13s. 10d., leaving in his hands a balance of 185/. 6s. 9d. This was the tree- Surer's account. He had further to inform them that he had himself received payment for only 2,858 tickets for the quarter. He hoped, however, that before the quarter was over he should get payment for no less than 8,000 tickets—(Cheers)—which would leave in his hands a balance of 128/. Os. 11d. Some debts bad been incurred, and were outstanding ; but he had no doubt that the donations which they would receive would cover all those debts. Frem these calculations he expected that they would have in their possession, to go on with whatever agitation they pleased, a sum of 150/. 18s.—( Cheers.) He believed it would not be more satisfactory to the bulk of the assemblage he addressed, tha n to those gentlemen who had come from a distance to see them, and who were around him on the platform, to hear that the greater portion of those sums had been made up by the c ontributions of sixpence each from the industrious and use ful class before him—the working men of Birmingham.— (Cheers.) He had now t o i n f orm t h em , t h at he had just beard that a deputation of 10,000 men had just arrived from Wal sall.—( Cheers.) He had also to tell them, that he had tgot a letter from a very useful Member of Parliament, Mr. m lis, the M em b er f or B r idp ort , enc l os i ng an annua l su b scr i p . ' on of SL—( Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the names of the Council Thomas Attwood, banker, New-street; Isaac Aaron, sur geon, Deritend ; Joseph Abbott, brass-founder, Suffolk street ; Thom a s A r pi na ll, l am p- ma k er , L ower Temple street ; William Blaxland, draper, Ball-street; G. V. Blunt, m e rchant, Charlotte-streeet ; J. H. Cutler, wire -worker, „ew Town-ro w ; •R. K. Douglas, gentleman, Journal- o ffi ce; jeorge Edmonds, attorney, St. Mary's square ; Emes, butt on -maker, Li one l- street ; J o h n E vens, surgeon, Para jdoish e-street ; John Fi e ld, bone toy-maker, Mos t ly-st ree t ; Giles, engine -turner, Great Hampton street; William Oa buttrnMon, un,,Bay C I k Ashted ; Benjamin Hadley, g aa , en.makjer, ss- m ottag er e ; John Harlow, printer, Sum rilane ; William S u tt on , pl a t er , G reat Charles-street ; i n 'Liar(' Hollis, gun-maker, Staniforth-street ; Joseph Holt, iP aa ner, Lea-bank ; Mr. Jennings, brass-founder, Livery s_reet ;F. Lurkisck, lime- merchant, Cambridge -street `; etihtF. Muntz, merchant, Water-street ;P. H. Muntz, mer- L. cha nt St. Paul's-square ; John Meredith, varnish-maker, stye et ; J. ftel.strect ; John Pierce, thimble-manufacturer, Broad- V•C. Salt, lamp-manufacturer, Edmund-street ;W. , r Smith, factor, Gough -street ; Charles Sturge, corn-factor, ',3„?ad-street ; Wm. Trow, rope-maker, Jamaica-row ; John iptafield, factor, Frederick -street; T. A. Attwood; John eriluis, steel p en-ma k er, Bread-street; John Hawker, f ac t or , eT' t end ; W. D. Whi te h ouse, Li ndley ; Charles Trucman, tihrok er, G reat Barr-street ; George Horton, Dunbow, ; Ashmore, H. button-maker, Leak-street ; M on C. Tounze, japa nner ; T. Griffiths, Smithfi e ld ; W. Silly Oak, Bond Balder ; J. Hart, Harbone ; T. jrer Derit en d ; C. H. Smith ; Henry Watson ; and Tho :asriaker, Stafford -street; being thirty-six. Their n um b er fifty, so that they bad fourteen to elect. He had since had a list of s i x names handed to him. The first thirty-six were el ected en masse. The first six names were put seriatim, and carried unanimoust The Chairman remarked that they h a d objection to have . one.half or one-third of the Council of 'e working classes if they chose.—( Cheers. 1 Th e r e was another name added, which made seven newly elected, and W hich left still a deficiency of seven, which would leave it ° Pen to any member of the Union to nominate at the next meeting such honest men who might have time to attend to the busi ness. Mr. Th omas B a k er was t h en nom i nate d , and elected unanimously. I mmediately that the Council were elected, the meeting . I , 4 "Jeurned to the Holloway Head. After the meeting at the ushall had been concluded the various processions prc 'seeded to the hustings t Holloway Hd-fields. The Er st, or Birmingham divis a ion, formed at ea the Town-hall, SlugOrderceder • They should have it, and no mistake. No violence was want ing to effect it. They had been now for six years'.waiting since that small change occurred—they had tried the tree year after year, but they would wait no longer. They were now all convinced that it ought to be cut down and cast into the fire. He sought Reform, because he believed it would serve th e industrious classes. Six years had they been waiting, waiting— they is ere now trmined to wait no longer. They had at that meeting not alone those from all the neighbourhood, and within twenty miles of Birmingham, but they hal deputations from the reKtreme parts of Glasgow, and from L - eland. —( Hear.) Their countrymen were rallying around them, and would be led by them to greater victories. They had a right to get Uni versal suffrage. Their masters benefitted by keeping them in subje.etion, but they ought no longer to endure it. They had some honest men who were anxious to' ssist and advise them, and who never would desert them —( Hear, hear.) They should recollect that when they served themselvei they served their entire country, and every class contained in it. The tracta and manufactures of Birmingham would he bene fitted by the measures which they would fret passed in the House of Commons. fie would remind them of a .saying of a patriot now no more who said, " For a nation to be free, it has only to will it."—( Hear, hear. ) It was his wish that that will of the nation should be made known.--( Hear. ) That. great meeting would make it known. Let them show him twenty such meetings as that was, and he would show them the Government of England —( Hear.) That meeting has of itself no right to force its opinions on the country, but let there be twenty such meetings.--( Hear, hear.) There should be meetings in Glasgow, Northumberland, Manchester, Sheffield, and Liverpool. If they had meetings such as that was in those places—meetings of men with English hearts and English bands—he would be glad to know what Government would resist them ? They would then put a little gentle compulsion on them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The French call it sweet violence.—( Laughter.) Bless them ! they should not hurt a hair of their heads, but they should squeeze them out of the seats they had taken possession of, and put the people of England into them.—(Cheers.) Peti. Iron, petition, petition l That was his advice to them. Let then) congregate as they had that day done, in numbers amounting to one hundred thous Ind brave men, and if that did not do, they should bring together 2,000,000 as he promised them, that there should be 2,000,000 assembled together on next Christmas-day.—( Loud cheers.) Yes, they should meet hand in hand together with one heart, with one mind, with one head, with one hand, in one hour; and shew that they could command success. But there should be no bloodshed : far from him the guilty ambition of de siring bloodshed. He never would be Robespierre in his country.—( Cheers.) There should be no blood with his con currence, but if their enemies should wish for blood, when the proper time would come, then let their enemies take the consequences on their own heads.—(Cheers.) While he had the confidence of this country, he would never induce his countrymen to break the law ; but woe to them who would break the law against them. They would soon hear a nation's petition read to them, and they would have a right to demand what it contained. It may be thought that demand was too strong a word, but it was a constitutional word, for when the People's Petition for their rights was presented in the time of William the Third, it contained the words, "We claim, demand, and insist ;" should not the same words be used now, when there were two millions to de mand their rights ? Unless they acted together they would be weak. If the people of Birmingham met at one time and the people of Glasgow at another time, they would be weak. They should move with one heart, and then they would be omnipotent. They should have delegates in London. —( Hear.) They intended to send 49 of them who would press their claims, and press them again if denied ; while to enforce them there should be one grand simultaneous meeting through England, Scotland, and Ireland.—( Cheers.) They should have two millions meeting in England in one day, and they should have five millions on the next day. Soon would a Parliament chosen by them abolish the Corn-laws, and then they would bring down food to the level of wages. They should also abolish the money laws. The Corn-laws should not stand a month—they should have a ploughshare drawn over the pastures by Act of Parliament.—( Cheers and laugh ter.) When that great object should he attained they would ask, if they felt that they were miserable here, to say to their Representatives—" Set about your business." They would drive out the House of Commons, but he would not say one word about the House of Lords or the Crown. They would not suffer the House of Lords to intrude on their House. He did not think they wished to interfere with the House of Lords or the Crown, If they did not succeed they should adopt other measures. They all knew what a strike was—he did not mean a strike between the employer and the workmen; but he meant that they should have one sacred week throughout England, during which week not a plough should be driven, not an anvil should be stirred, until the great work was achieved of the redress of the wrongs of the country. He had heard it stated in the House of Commons that Ministers bad given instructions to the Poor Law Commissioners to consider the means by which they might compel the labouring classes of this country to live on a coarser description of food. His blood ran cold with horror at the moment he heard it, as he was sure theirs did. Had they not at present the famine price of bread, and had they not double labour while they had double price of food? His wish was to bring down food to a level with wages, and to raise wages to a level with food. In doing so they would not injure the agricultural population; but they would have increased marts for the produce of their agri culture.—(Cheers.) He would read for them a letter which he had received from an excellent friend of his, Mr. G. F. Muntz.—(The Hon. Gentleman then read the letter, which was an apology for the writer's absence from the meeting, and expressed approval of its objects.) After reading the letter the Chairman concluded, amidst loud cheers, by reading the proclamation cf the Council, by which the meeting had been convened. Mr. PkilLIP HENRY MUNTZ then said, that they should now have some real change, and not a trivial one, as they had be fore, of a 101. qualification, which was raised first to the same as 181., so that at length it became equal to having no fran chise at all. The people, indeed, were called the canaille ; but it was their fault if they were not attended to. He at one time was blamed for defending the Whigs, but lie believed now that they were indefensible. The real Minister at pre sent was Sir R. Peel, who had all the power without the re sponsibility. After some further observations, he concluded by moving the first resolution :—" That the National Petition now read, claiming from the justice of Parliament the unde niable right of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, Wages of Attendance, with the Abol;tion of Pro perty Qualification in Members of the House of Commons, is cordialiy approved of by this meeting ; and that it be recom mended for signature to all the industrious classes of the United Kingdom generally, who are requested to forward their petitions, when signed, to Mr. Joseph Hall, at the Journal Office, New-street, Birmingham." The following is the petition : " Unto the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, the Petition of the undersigned, their suffering countrymen, " Humbly Shea eth, • " That we, your petitioners, dwell in a land whose merchants are noted for enterprise—whose manufacturers are very skilful—and whose workmen are proverbial for their industry. " The land itself is goodly, the soil rich, and the temperature whole some ; it is abundantly furnished with the materials of commerce and trade ; it has numerous and convenient harbours; in facility of internal communication it exceeds all others. " For three.and-twenty years we have enjoyed a prof nod peace. " Yet, with all these elements of national prosperity, and with every disposition and capacity to take advantage of them, we find ourselves overwhelmed with public and private suffering. " We are bowed down under a load of taxes ; which, notwithstand ing, fall greatly short of the wants of our rulers ; our traders are trem. bling on the verge of bankruptcy ; our workmen are starving; capital brings no profi', and labour no remuneration ; the home of the artificer is dentate, and the warehouse of the pawnbroker is full; the workhouse is crowded, and the manufactory is deserted. " We have looked on every side, we have searched diligently, in or der to find out time causes of a distress so sore and so long continued. " We can discover none in nature, or in Providence. " I leaven has dealt graciously by the people; but the foolishness of our rulers has made the goodness of God of none t til•ct. "Th energies of a mighty kingdom have been wasted in building up the power of selfish and ignorant men, and its resources squandered for their aggrandisement. " The good of a party has been advanced to the sacrifice of the good of the nation; the few have governed for the interest of the few; while the interest of the many has been neglected, or insolently and tyrannously trampled upon. " It was the fond expectation of the people that a remedy, for the greater part, if not for the whole, of their grievances, would be found in the Reform Act of 1832. " They were taught to regard that Act as a wise means to a worthy end ; as the machinery of an improved Legislation, where the will of the masses would be at length potential. " They have been bitterly and basely deceived. " The I'lllo which looked so fair to the eye has turned to dust and ashes when gathered. " The Reform Act has effected a transfer of power from one domi neering faction to another, and left the people as helpless as before. " Our slavery has been exchanged fir an apprenticeship to liberty, which has aggravated the painful feeling of our social degradation ; by adding to it time sickening of still deferred hope. " We come benne your honourable House to tell you, with all hu minty, that this state of th'ngs must not be permitted to continue; that it cannot long continue without very seriously endangering the stability of the throne and the peace of the kingdom; and that if, by God's help and all lawful and constitutional appliances, an end can be put to it, we are fully resolved that it shall speedily come to an end. " We tell your honourable House that the capital of the master must no longer be deprived of its due profit; that the labour of the workman must no longer be deprived of its due reward; that the laws which make food dear, and ►hose which, by making money scarce, make labour cheap, must be abolished ; that taxation must be made to fall on property, not on industry; that the good of the many, as it is the only legitimate end, so must it be the sole study of the Government. " As a preliminary essential to these and other requisite changes ; as the means by which alone the interests of the pe,pla can be effectually vindicated and secured, we demand that those interests be confided to the keeping of the people. " When the State calls for defenders, when it calls for money, no considera'ion of poverty or ignorance can be pleaded in refusal or delay of the call. " Required, as we are, universally to support and to obey the laws, na. Lure and reason entitle us to demand that in the making cf the laws, the universal voice shall be implicitly listened to. `- We perform the duties of freemen, we roust have the privileges of freemen. " We demand Universal Saline " The suffrage, to be exempt from the corruption of the wealthy, and the violence of the powerful, must be secret. "The assertion of our tight necessarily involves the power of its un. controlled exercise. " We ask for the reality of a good, not for its semblance. " We demand the Ballot. " The connection between the representatives and the people, to be beneficial, must be intimate. - • "The legislative and constituent powers, for correction and for in struction, ought to be brought into frequent contact. " Errors, which are comparatively light when susceptible of a speedy popular remedy, may produ.7o the mast disaFtrcars effects when permit ted to grow invetera!e through years of compulsory endurance. " To public safety, as well as public confidence, frequent elections are essential. " We demand Annual Parliaments. " With power to choose, and freedom in choosing, the range of our cho'ce must be unrestricted. " We are compelW, by the existing laws, to take for our representa tives men who are incapable of appreciating our difficulties, or who have little sympathy with them ; merchants-who arc retired from trade, and no lcmg, f.!el its harassings; proprietors of land, who are alike ignoraht or its Vi:6011:1 their care; lawyers, by whom the honours of the Seucte sra sotaz4lit aitronly as a means of obtaining notice in the Courts. "The labours of a representative, who is sedulous in the discharge of his duty, are numerous and burdensome. " It is neither just, nor reasonable, nor safe, that they should continue to be gratuitously rendc red. " We demand that, in the future election of Members of your Ho. nourable House, the approbation of the constituency shall be the sole qualification; and that, to every representative so chosen shall be as. signed, out of the public taxes, a fair and adequate remuneration for the time which he is called upon to devote to the public service. " we would most carneAly impre e s on your Honourable House, that this petition has not been dictated by any idle love of change ; that it springs out of no inconsiderate attachment to fanciful theories ; but that it is the result of much and long deliberation, and of convictions, which the events of each succeeding year tend more and more to strengthen. " The management of this mighty kingdom has hitherto been a sub. ject for contending factions to try their selfish experiments upon. " We have felt the consequences in our sorrowful experience—short glimmetings of uncertain enjoyment swallowed up by long and dark seasons of suffering. " If the self-government-of the people should not remove their dis tresses, it will at least remove their repinings. " Universal Suffrage will, and it alone can, bring true and lasting peace to the nation ; we firmly believe that it will also bring prosperity. " May it, therefore, pl ease your H onourable House to take this our . petition into your most serious consideration, and to use your utmost endeavours, by all constitutional means, to have a law passed, granting to every male of lawful age, sane mind, and unconvicted of crime, the right of voting for Members of Parliament ; and directing all future elections of Members of Parliament to be in the way of secret Ballot • and ordaining that th e d ura ti on o f Parliament so chosen shall in no cas e exceed one year ; and abolishing all property qualifications in the Mem bers; and providing for their due remuneration while in attendance on their Parliamentary duties. And your petitioners," &c. Mr. DOUGLAS seconded the resolution. He said that the first great point of the national petition, and the first great point for their consideration was, that every man of legal age, who was unconvicted of crime, and of sane mind, should have a voice, a free voice, is choosing the men who made the laws to which every member of the community was subject, and who had the power to impose those taxes which in a greater or less propo r ti on every man paid.--( Hear, hear.) This was the first great point in the petition. The next point secured to every man so situated the power of exercising the right conferred by the first; that is, it gave to every man the power of delivering his vote—.the power of doing that freely which was conferred by the first—the Vote byßallot.—( Hear, and loud cheers.) The next point in the petition was Annual Parliament which would give to every elector full and fre quent opportunities (if his Representative failed to perform his duty) to call him to account for his negligence.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The next point was the qualification of him to vote for whom the others gave the power, and the highest required for the representative was their' perfect confidence in him. —( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The next point was—they went for a fair remuneration for their labours, and why not, therefore, remunerate those whom they employed, and give to those who gave up their time, their labour, and their intelligence to the service, a fair remunera tion and a fair return for the time and labour thus bestowed ? —( Hear and cheers.) Those were the points of the petition —those were the things for which they called, and which, with their assistance, and the aid of God's providence, they were determined to have.—( Loud cheers.) If God created a good and productive soil, it was the Divine inteation that people should be fed from it—if he gave intelligence and ca pacity for labour, it was his intention that the thews and sinews and the exercise of intelligence thus given should be remunerated.--( Cheers.) If with his finger lie banked our shores with magnificent and convenient harbours, it was hisin tention that they should be employed for the happiness of our inhabitatits.—( Cheers.) If then they looked and found that none of those issues resulted from those benefits—if they fo und that the men who ought to be comfortable and happy were neither comfortable nor happy—if they found that the masters were borne down by rivalry with each other, and that those men, who, by the labour and sweat of their brow, from morning to night, instead of earning food, had earned starvation—( Hear, hear)--if they found clogs and stops in the way of were employed that free interchange of interests which should link society into one connected chain of brotherhood—if they saw bad laws every where marring and en d anger i n g w hat God lied given as a good, then they were bound to go, and they went to the root of the matter, and sought to alter such a system —( Hear, hear, hear)—if they proved that Englishmen with all their facilities for enjoyment, must be miser able and poor, hungry and naked, then he would tell them what he would say, .‘ Go down on your knees, 'and be patient in your suffering ;" but if he proved that by taking off the loads with which they were burthened. and by having the people framing laws for themselves, and by taking out of th'e hands of the factious the power- they had abused, and turned against the people for their own purposes, and if he proved that by doing so God's decrees, which had gone forth, would be carried into effect, then he would prove that for which lie contended.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He did not contend for that liberty, which, in the abstract, merely had a name; he could :Ante, however, that even in the abstract it still was sweet, and with the fact that one day of liberty was worth an age of bondage. Would any one tell him that the journeyman mechanic, who had a head ca pable of constructing the most delicate piece of mechanism, of arguing with his master, of discussing his opinions in his club, and of managing all the functions of a man—would any one tell him that such men were not as capable of re turning to Parliament such representatives as Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, as if they possessed 10/. houses?—(Great cheering.) Mr. Murphy, whom he was sorry he did not see there to-day, had told the men of Glasgow, the other day, a story of the great Franklin. It was, that if he had an ass of the value of ten dollars, and a purse with 30 dollars its it ; and if the question of a property of 40 dollars arose to give privi lege of voting, and if he went to a market and lost the purse, and if the ass died, he would like to know if th e franchise was in him or in his ass?—( Hear.) Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M. P., in supporting the r eso l ut i on, said that so little did he see in the conduct of P ar li ament which concerned the public or the people of Birmingham, th at h e might as well be at home for half his time.—(lear.) Let them look to the enormity which had recently occurred of giving a million to the Irish Church, as coolly as any one present would throw away an old hat, and without any claim to it, or for any reason, but that there was scarcely a Member of Parliament who had not a relation in the Church.--( Hear, hear ) They gave it, therefo re , to the Clergy, and not to religion. Let them look al so to the time occupied in discussing whether Mr. Turton wa s a pro. per person to be sent to Canada. What did they care whe ther he was in Canada or in the sea ? Look also to the time expended as to the propriety of the appointment of one Irish Magistrate—this was absolutely shameful. Look also to the conduct of Parliament on the Pension List, where a lady's pension was continued although she had recently been left a fortune of 120,000/ , and her husband had 18,0001., a year. Let them look to the 500/. a year continued to a Mr. Holmes, a young man in college, which was continued for the life of his father, who had done nothing but injury to the country—but the same was the cases in hundreds of other in stances —( Hear, hear.) The pension of 25,000/. a year was continued to the King of Hanover. It was infamous to con tinue such asy stein—in fact the last Parliament was not worse than the present. What was the reason why the Corn-laws still existed? Because the repeal would take from the rentals of the rich. For the more the poor had to pay for bread, the more the rich would put in their pockets. But if they would not repeal the Corn-laws, let them have a property tax—that would be but fair. But such a proposition would not be lis tened to—it was laughed at. All was nonsense which affected the pockets of the rich, and there was no hope for a contrary system till they had a better representation. Let them be united, and peaceably and lawfully strive for this, and they would doubtless obtain their end.—( Loud cries of " Hear.") He cordially supported the petition, and would do so, in and out of Parliament. so long as he had health to sustain him. Mr. l'Eanut7s O'CONNOR said that when he saw the wealth, strength, and the power and virtue of the people before him, he recognised this meeting as the signing, sealing, and de livering of the great moral covenant which had been this day ratified by the people.—(Cheers.) He was proud that Bir mingham, which six years since had given the poison of which they complained, was now ready to supply the antidote.— ( Great cheering.) The Whigs had hoisted of their Municipal Act, and of the information they had obtained ; but at what expense had it been procured ?—( Hear.) Let them thus see what they had gained by sustaining a weak Government , whilst there was an irresponsible Government behind, the more powerful of the two.—( H. ar. ) Thus they had been obliged to have recourse to Commissions on education and prisons, bibles and potatoes—( A laugh)—Commissions on blacks and whites, in order to create a secondary patronage. an isnperium ua 'imperio, in the country.—( Hear, hear.) They had arraignA the Lords as the cause of their in ability to carry out the Reform Bill, and they asked the people to back them against the Lords ; but the people Wu, not ask for the Coercion Bill—for the New Poor-law —they did not ask th-m to grind the white slaves to death, whilst they g.'ve 20 millions to liberate the black. They did not ask them to add two Bishops to the House of Lords, or to empty the Exchequer in filling the pockets of the rich. The Whigs bad told the people that the Lords were the only obstacle and barrier against their rights, and their buffoons went through the country talking of one hundred and seventy old women in pantaloons; but what had been the result? Ma hornet could not go to the mountain, but the mountain went to Mahomet ; and when the Lords would not surrender up theirprivileges to the 10/. houses, then it was sail that the 10/. houses would be better cooks for the future, and would render the dish so agreeable to their palates, that they could not but assent to it—( Hear.)--and they had ass3nted to it; and since then there had been no more truckling to the Lords, for in proportion as the people had lost their poser that of the Whirrs had increased, and had been thrown into the hands of the Lords. It had been complained that the Whigs could not do justice to the people while the Bishops were in the House o f L or d s— h e wished for their removal sense of the nation on the question, they bad taken the and found it favourable to their removal ; but how had their demand been answered ?a—by the creation of two new Bishops.— ( Hear, hear.) This was reform. He stood there as the re presentative of Leeds, Halifax, Keightley; Dewsbury, and Preston—of beyond three millions of men, with determined minds and stalwart arms.—(Cliers.) He had a moral and a political creed—his moral creed was, Do to others as you would wish to be done by."—( Hear.) His political creed was ) 6' a good day's wages for a fair day's wark."—( Loud cheers.) He did not seek to traffic with the wealth of others, but he THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1838. sought to prevent the national resources being bestowed on corruption, slander, violence and injustice.—( Cheers.) Let them only look to the last act of the Government; in which little Lord Johnny Russell had, not satisfied with his legitimate office, established himself as gaoler general of the infants of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He had not been satisfied with the system of the Poor-laws as they were ; but he incorporated upon it, and set out through the country, three devi! king's in the shape of Commissioners, who had it in their power to prevent the rich from exercising the attribute of charity, and could dictate just as they pleased to the whole nation. He (Mr. O'Connor) had great plea.suro in tho reflection he had voted along :rich his friend Attwoorl, against the Bill in all its clauses. He did not then need to rely upon popu larity. The people of England was at the time representing a constituency of Ireland; but while he was proud to cc knowledge Ireland as his country, he also avowed that the world was his republic. They had promised justice should be done to Ireland, and how had they redeemed their pledge ? They had done it - by an Irish Poor-law and by a Tithe-bill, and was that doing justice to Ireland ?—(Cries of " No, no.") As far as he could interfere he would take care to see that justice should not be done to England so long as injustice re mained undisturbed in Ireland—so long as the many acts of inhumanity were .perpetrated by the laws. Were the present Government, as they had acted, any better than the Tories ? If they were asked for anything they would give a little, but in most cases it exemplified the dandy when going out to a party, and wanted to take the taste of an onion out of his mouth. He asked what was the best thing to take the taste of an onion out of his mouth, and the person to whom be applied told him to get a slip of garlic, which would effectually re move the taste of the onion. He trusted they did not mean to take their clove, to qualify the taste of Toryism, but, to give them so efficient a clove of Reform, as would take the taste of Toryism entirely away. He (Mr. O'Connor) had been at many great meetings, and lie could speak from what he had seen in the counties of York and Lancaster. He had keen at meetings where be had seen the soldiers divide them into three parties, and yet they all stood. Every man stood to his gun. He (Mr. O'Connor) bad told the soldiers to give them notice, and they would be ready to give them a field day_ that if they intended to begin the work of carnage, only to give them time and proper notice they would meet them on fair ground. If two millions would not satisfy, they might have three millions, or as many as would satisfy them He spoke of the districts to which he had alluded, which com prehended a population of three millions, and who sent sixty representatives to Parliament. Such a mass of moral influ ence and intelligence must surely have more weight than the opinions of a few oppressing aristocrats, or a small batch of pal try Lords who would assert the power to govern. He did not mean to recommend their taking up arms, although he ;had heard several recommend their carrying arms into the struggle. He had heard the slashing Harry Brougham advise the carry ing of arms ; but when he (Mr. O'Connor) advised them to carry arms he would be seen carrying a musket at their head. —(Cheers.) There was no form of Government for a country well constituted that was better adapted to carry out the interests of a country than that of a Monar chical Government. It was the best, provided there was a power behind the throne to carry the laws into effect. H. reditary goverriment did away with all contentions that might arise from ambition; and with a proper repre sentation, the throne might really be placed in its pro per situation of security, namely, that the King could do no wrong. They had been told that there existed an irresponsible Goverment which controlled the respon sible Government. They need not doubt the statement, nor wonder at the fact, if they looked at the men of which the present Government was composed.---(Hear.) They had elected 45 delegates to direct their Association. Now what answertha t in gentleman's would recommend was, that as they were about to arrange for a peti t i on, t h ere should be assembled from different quar ters 500,000 men i n London. Let them carry their petition on their sho u ld ers, and go with Mr. Attwood to the House of Common s , an d send in a message that they Were waiting for an ny'asrdbannielers(, Aklrn.oowi'nCgonthneor)sewnotiumldenetnslhiset under had expressed, on the assurance that he would not retrograde, b H u e t that u lie giveld h in would ia rather colleague advance who onh his was d a cm a g n r d e s a . t fr—(iHened to Hear. mankind, and had done much good to the community—Mr. Fielden. Now it appeared to him, that if they could show that one of the most extensive bankers and one of the largest manufacturers in England was willing to throw the safety of his property upon an universal suffrage constitution, they could not d o wrong i n f o ll ow i ng t h e i r commanders. That he would do. They ought to leave no means untried, even if they adopted the sentiment of the Prince of Orange, and de clare that they would have justice, if it were in the last ditch. They must be united. The Hon. Chairman had talked of 100,000, he (Mr. O'Connor) could not say but they might be hundreds of thousands. He would measure them by the I method that the chiefs of Scotland of old used to reckon their strength, at a time when men were more valuable than gold. He had looked around, and, according to his calculation, he would estimate them at eight acres, and he saw on the ground sufficient to furnish seeds of reform to spread over all the kingdomeaed to produce one general association.--( Hear.) They must never surrender; if they yielded one single atom it would be dangerous. He stood before the meeting not as the representative of Ireland, but as the authorised re presentative of all that vast district of England as well as Ireland.—( Cheers.) They were often told that the people of Ireland were urged on by their Priests, and that they were completely under the controul of the Priests, He wished that the allegation was true, for the Priests were a kind-hearted, social, moral, and religious class of men, and were staunch advocates for the vo l un t a ry prin c iple. H e h a d h ear d severa l crotchets alluded to that day which existed among Re formers, but he would have them throw overboard all crotchets, and join heart and hand in the general cause— make a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, and pull down the temple of abuse. He had sat in the House of Commons for sever,' years with stripling lords and heads of aristocracy, but he was still better pleased to see the time when he might sit with a blacksmith on the one side, and a chop-stick on the other. If ever they had really a House of Commons of their own, they would soon reform the House of Lords—supporting one another with their ad- ' at the same time they should assert and protect the rights d best interests of the working classes. and privileges an v'ce, and still pres ervin g sacred the ri g ht of p ro p ert y , while The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. H. SA NSUM rose to move the second resolution. H o ae no hesitation i n saying that any man who could b e con . fenced W it hbad laws was a robber of his wife and family —a traitor to his King , and undutiful to his God. When the de from Birmingh am on one occasion waited upon Earl Noble Earl in answer to their co:nmunication said putation Grey, the But Birmingham is not all England." Now he thought Mr. Aitwood would soon be enabled to spew Lord Melbourne, that B e i ,, c i h na ham was all England.—( Chee rs .) H e con e That George Frederick Muntz, Philip orntdnnag nitzLa Benj. is. Hadley, John Pierce, an d John Col appointed Kellie D oug l as , Th omas C lutton Salt, co " a ppointed delegates H from i this meetin g t o atten d a icgy 3.iE lins, be number), to be assembled i n L on d on, for the pur _ Ge neral Conventio n of the Industrious Class es ( not exceed i ng p f o o r s t ;} - o n f i ade n e o ln ting every legal measure which may be necessary to induce Parliament to carry the great objects of the Na tional Petition into a law." ir Weesos, one of the working class, came for war d to second' i the resolution, which he did with great pleasure.—The e u w n f e o a r r: i r n m a o r e d: e l aYmr. embarking d r w k a i n s greceived anotherw with h m ar three tial u tc l li d aemy ask them if they were contented • resolution timesAir.thErene v iu. s , campaig n ' -c T. Att da n dthey with their old General, woo , it• were willing to employ their old Council as Council of War, and that all the be ted of every class should the army to fight the unrepresente d driven from battle till corruption was the land ?—(Cheers. ) 'That i was the object, and they were determined to have their a o Awe carried so; rights. T w enty-eight millions were taken out o f t h e i r poc k ets interest of the national debt. All that •• to pay thte was from the It useless to of • of labour. was talk . liberty in that proceeds_ it was robbery. The next point he would call case, for to was the parson tax, which hi their attention England amounted to five m illi on s, and this, so far from being h e wss ready to demonstrate that it was exceed necessary, Birmingham there was the B ingly injurious. md-street Chapel, which raised 1,000/. ; the Castle Chapel raised d another chapel that raised 3 ,0001,--now these 1,500/. ; an were all on the voluntary principle.—( Hear, hear.) They would not surely tell us, that the Clergymen of the Church were less religious or less diligent than the Clergy of the Dissen:ers. He would say then put them on the same prin ciple, and then they could have good Clergymen and at:en tive congregations. There had been one million granted to that enormity, the Irish Church, of which lie could never speak but his blood boiled. The Clergy were themselves very different from those who went about with the founder of Christianity—they went out without scrip or staff. In Ire land they were backed with 25,000 troops to cram the Gospel down the throats of the people at the point of the bayonet. No, he begged pardon, it was not for the Gospel; it was for the money they were to receive. He concluded by r moslng the third resolution : —" That the industrious classes of the United Kingdom generally be earnestly requested to imitate the noble example of their countrymen in Scotland and the North of England, and to hold meetings forthwith in every town or district, for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the National Petition, • dof • • instead appointing delegates to proceed to London." Co 11 1‘1 I r r.. I.(7lll.l)Liazs secondedfrom Glasgow, tb w resolution.oudl urge one holy leagu e of a lli ance to accomplish their them to join in their purpov, and their childre n wou l d revere their names, and men tion their names with p r id e and gratification. The name o f Th omas Attwood was rea ere(' and respected in Scotland, and if the people of .Birmingha m rallied round him, they would find themselves supported by the people of Scotland, who would rush forward with enthusiasm to join them in their endeav o u rs to lay their common enemy, the Whigs prostrate.—( Cheers. ) It was gratif y i ng to him to find that the working classes were exerting themselves in their own cause. —( Hear, hear.) The faces of the Whigs were getting long in consequence. — ( A laugh. , But in the same degree that the Whigs looked 1 rueful, did the faces of the working classes brighten and cheer op. — ( Hear. hear.) The resolution was then put from the Chair, and unani mously adopted. Mr. SALT rose to move the fourth resolution—" That this meeting cordially approves the People's Charter as the outline of an Act to provide for the just repres entation of the people of the Unit e d K ingdom in the Commons' House of Parlia ment, agreeably to the principlesset forth in the National Petition," ' That meeting had appointed a number of delegates to look after their interests in London ; so had the people of Glas gow. The delegates would go as the National Gu ard to the Bill. They would present their Bill, and this would be what he would call their first clap of thunder.—( He ar, and laugh ter.) , If the Bill were re f u sed, then the Commons of Eng- lend would hear the ne t t c l a p o f thunch r, and that would he the last.--( Loud cheering.) Mr. W. H. Asiteroee seconded the resolution, and Mr. H. VINCENT; one.of the delegates from London, then presented himself, and was received With grew: cheering. They had met that duy to promote in the best possible manner the great happiness of the great mass of the people, not to support a brick and mortar franchise—not to support Lord Johnny, or to pull down Wellington. —( Hear.) Not for the purpose of talking about tithes—or of justice to he land—which cry generally meant injustice to the interest of the working classes of England_hut to declare with the voice of freemen that England was yet to i.e a democratic country. —( Loud cheering.) It had often been said that we lived under a Constitution that was at once the glory and ad miration of the world.—( A laugh.) The aristocracy of the country had its privileges and its rights secured and preserved to it. If, then, the aristocracy had its privileges, and the Crown the rights that belonged to it, why were not the people, who were above the aristocracy—(Cheers)-- and the source from whence even the power of the Crown itself ernanatedse(Cheers)—why, he asked, were not they to be properly represented in the House cf Commons?-- ( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.) Aye, but it was said that they, the people were impracticable men-e( A laugh)—that they were, forsooth, not intelligent persons. —(Laughter.) Now what sort of intelligent persons were those who re presented them ? He need only apply to their excellent Chairman ( Mr. Attwood) in reference to the intelligence of those representatives ; he believed be would bear him (Mr. Vincent) out in saying that they were anything but an intelligent set of persons.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, if they were to take the representatives of the people of Eng land as a specimen of the intelligence of the constitutional body, why then, truly, the intellect of that body was at an exceedingly low ebb.—( Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) It was not the object of the Whigs to do anything likely to prove the state of the people.—( Cheers.) As it suited them, they played off one party against another. When they thought they were supported by the people of this country, they pro ceeded to put down the people of Ireland, and they accord ingly proceeded to pass a Coercion Bill for that country - but when they lost the affections of the Radicals of England, then they turned-their attention to Ireland ; and then, for the first time, " Justice to Ireland I" was the cry of such men as Lord John Russell, who he (Mr. Vincent) declared to be the most dishonest knave be bad ever known. Look at his conduct in respect to the appropriation clause in the Irish Tithe Bill.—( Hear, hear.) Upon this clause he pledged the faith and honour, not only of himself, but of his whole party. .—( Hear, hear.) Nay, so essential did that Noble Lord con sider this clause to the principle of the Tithe Bill, that he succeeded in turning out one Government because it refused to pledge- itself to introduce such a clause into a Bill having reference to tithes.—( Hear, hear.) Now, however, the Whigs brought forward a Tithe Bill which was wholly divested of an appropriation clause, and yet these gentlemen denied that they had done anything calculated to compromise their honour, or their political honesty. __(Hear.) They merely move that the apprepriation clause be left out of the Bill—that was all— there was no change of opinion in this; and surely there was nothing of political dishonesty in such a course of proceed ing.— ( Hear, and laughter.) He contended that such con duct made the continuance of the Whigs a matter of great danger to liberty—much mere so than if the Tories were in power.--( Hear, hear.) To grant UniverselSuffrage, would be to enfranchise intelligence, whereas the present fran chise was given to bricks and mortar.—( Hear, hear.) It was the same principle, too, that regulated the right to rule. If a man could only make 3001. a year by keeping a gamblihg.house, or by even a less reputable system—if he were the basest of 4pankind—provided he had the money— provided he got his brains in his pocket—(A laugh) —he would be a person sufficiently deserving of ruling over the community.—( Hear.) And the persons who recognise such a principle as this are those who decline to grant Universal Suffrage to the people,—(Hear, hear, bear.) The men of Birmingham, he believed, would do their duty, notwithstand ing any efforts that might be made to prevent theta doing so. —( Hear, hear.) That assembly was a proof of this. It was desirable that men should assemble in large masses to demand their rights, and if necessary enforce them with their right arm. Their cause was, he was proud to say, triumphant— ( Cheers.) How could it be otherwise, for the women of England were with them. To the men and women of Bir mingham, then, he would say, the cause is yours, and, oh ! how the old men, who gloried in the cause that was hallowed by the name of Cartwright—( Cheers)—how they must feel delighted when they perceived the every day increasing enthusiasm which was exhibited in favour of the great principle of Uni versal Suffrage.--(Loud cheering.) And to the young men he would say, get knowledge-4 Cheers)— then would they learn that an ounce of wisdom was better than a pound of shot._. (Cheers.) That an ounce of principle would break through an army of sabres.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. THOMAS STEEL was here introduced to the meeting by the Chairman. As an Irishman, and representing, as he believed he did, the feelings of seven millions of the people of that country, he begged, on their part, and on the part of their great leader O'Connell, to declare that although of late the friends of Ireland had been pursuing a tempo rising policy out of fear, that had they adopted any other course they would have inflicted on them all the horrors of a Tory Administration; vet, notwithstanding this, they were determined to take nothing less than Vote by Ballot, Uuiversal Suffrage, and the shortening of the duration of Parliaments.--(-Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted. Mr. BLACKLAND moved the adoption of the fifth reso lution :—" That the delegates nominated by this meeting be hereby authorized to call together the General Convention of the industrious classes in London, on any day which they may deem exp:'dient, before or during the next Session of Parliament." Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. J. PEARCE contented himself with - seconding the reso lution, which was adopted unanimously. Mr. DOUGLAS begged to propose the next resolution, the object of which was to call upon the people of England, Scot land, and Ireland to contribute to a fund to carry out the pur pose for which the meeting was convened. Mr. Mom seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Several other speeches were made, which, like many others that preceded them, we are obliged in some instances to abridge, and in others wholly to omit, from want of time and space. AFRICAN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY.-M r . Colburn is about to publish the narrative of an expedition of discovery through the countries of the Great Nan:aquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, which was undertaken last year under the auspices of the British Government, and the Royal Geographical Society, and conducted to a successful termination, by that enterprising traveller, Captain Ahltander. The work will be illustrated with a map and plates, and will comprise descriptions of great interest of the hitherto undescribed regions, which were visited during a journey of nearly 4,000 miles; numerous anecdotes of the chase will be given, as well as notices of the objects of natural history, collecte.i during an expedition, in which the extremes of hunger, thirst, of cold and heat, were endured, and great personal risk incurred, for the extension of geographical knowledge and commerce. OUR NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES.—At a time when all eyes are most anxiously directed to the state of affairs in British America, the narrative of the march of the 43d Regiment from Fredericton to ~Quebec, and its subsequent movements, as detailed in the United Service Journal for August, will be perused with deep in terest. The letters, too, of Peter Pivott from New Brunswick, are highly L•ceptable, as they contain much valuable information re'ative to the life of the Settler in that part of the world. The important ques tion of the boundary is treated with perfect local knowledge. The Diary of a Run to the North coast of France also appears very oppor tunely at a moment when almost every one is quitting the metropolis in quest of health, pleasure, or recreation. An extra sheet is given in the present number to make room for the Coronation Promotions, &c. To the general reader, the United Service Journal periodically offers rich stores of amusement and information ; while the two services to which it is specially addressed may look with pride upon such a repre. sentative of their respective interests. BREAD-TAX. —The average price of corn for the last six weeks is 675. a quarter. The cost of the quay tern loaf has reached tenpence, in London. Speculators hope to force the price up still higher; it may be a shilling yet.. In the meanwhile, in Oermany, where bread is scarcely half the price which the English artisan must pay for it, manu&ctures cf various descriptions, in some of which Eng. lishmen have been apt to fancy they had a safe and lasting monopoly for the export trade, are flourishing. For instance, in cutlery and fir._ inhigham hardware, the Germans are suceessrully rivalling us in fo. reign markets. The . Scotch weavers are beginning- to stiffer bitterly from Continental and American rivalry, and we perceive that they are exerting themselves to obtain relief from competition by establshing, anti-corn-law associations. But the wealthy and influential merchants and manufacturers of. Yorkshire, Lancashire, and NVariviekshire, seem to be dead to the subject. They will rouse themselves into activity when it may be almost too late to recover the taarktts which we are annually losing.—Hall Advertiser. la 'hce`Je Nautiltu, Nriolet... MAN'S EARTHLY INFLU ENCE,,--It is :a ,Igh, -solemn almost awful, thought for every individ ua l man, thAtlis earthly influence, which has had a commencement, will never through all ages. were he the very meanest of us, have an end. What Is d one i s done ; has already blended i tself with the boundless, evpr.living;hver.working universe, and will also work there, for good or for evil,,,openly or se cretly, throughout all time. But the life of every man is the well. spring of a stream, whose small beginnings are indeed' plain to all, but whose ulterior course and destination, as it winds thteugh the expanses of infinite years, only the Omniscient can discern. win it mingle with Is nei it gh to bouring riv amelessulets abrook s a trand ibutary, or receive the m as their Sovereign, be an, will its tiny waters, among millions, of other brooks and rills, increase the current of, Aome world's river ?• Or is it to be itself a Rhine or Danube, ioiiese goings forth are to the utter most lands, its floods an everlasting boundary line on the globe itself, the bulwark and highway of whole kingdoms and' centidents ? We know not; only in either case we know its path is to therreat oceans its waters, were they but a handful, are here; and cannoi be annihilated or permanently held back.— Thomas Carlyle. THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST Tile HON. H . E.. Keeper.. SOMERSET.—it will be recollieted that in April last, a verdict of manslaughter was returned by a Coroner's Jury against this g entl eman—(generally, though erroneously, stated in the pa. pers to be the Roil. and Rev. Lord W. Somerset, who is his father)—far having struck the horses drawing a cart.load of timber, whit', occasiencti the death of two-pct.:tu riding on the:timber cart. The Denbighshire Assizes commenced on Monday last, and Mr. Justice Vaughan, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said that, on looking at the depositions, if they were true, the indictment appeared bad : no one certainly had a right to strike homes on the road, if he did not apprehend danger from them; but supposing he did, this altered the case materially, and he had a light, in self-preservation, to drive off horses in a timber car riage that were running directly upon the carriage in which he was riding, and whi c h h e f eared would be upiet, and p ersons thereby injured. To suppose a gentleman so acting, in a case like the one he had described, to be guilty of mans`aughter, would be a disgrace to the law, especially when it was considered that the driver cf the timber carriage was absent. The Grand Jury subequently ignored the bill. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —On Sunday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a most determined attempt at suicide was made by Mr. Richard Martin, No. 30, Allsop.terrace, New.road, 'vim cut his throat with a razor in a dreadful manner, at his own house. He was promptly attended by a neig►' ourin4 surgeon, and subse quently remore.d to Middlesex Hospital, NlA:rt: he Lei in a very alarm. ing state. I i S PORTING INTELLIGEN DONCASTER ST. 7to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon LEGER. 5 to I agst Lord Chesterfield' s am John --Aiken 9 to I agst Mr. Parkins's Lanereost 9 to 1 agst Mr. Coornhe' s Cobha m 10 to 1 agst Lord G. lientinek' s Mott.oz , I:r., to 1 agst "Jr. BOWei.i. Appleton 1 1 agst Lord Westalitistet's Aftenizufie--li Ali taker, to 1 agst M r . Thompson's Talle3rand (Voltaire *tat) 30 to I asst Fairlie's The Hydra 170 to 0.10 on the field agst lon and Don John 4')5 to 50 agst Albemarle aAppleton Lad —taken BRIO GEN ORTII RA CE S—W E p xEsnAr. Alaiden Stakes of S sovs. each, with 10 added, for horses, &e., that never won 501. Two mile beats. Mr. Topham's ch. 1. Bathiany, 4yrs,ist. 111 b... ...... Harris 1 1 Mr. Nock's b. f. by Sir Edward, 4 yrs, ist. 41b ...... 3 Mr. Williams's br. h. Goshawk, 4 yrs, rist ................. ... Mr. Pemberton's b. g. Ashwoocl, 6 yrs, . ................ 4 4 A good race. The Patliull Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old. Two miles. 5 Subs. Mr. E. Peel's ch. r. Gadfly, Bst. 511) The Members' Plate of lid 4oVs., for horses of all ages. lleste, twice round itial a d.stancc. Mr. Painter's b. h. Matadors, 6 yrs. 9st. 21b —Marlow 1 Mr. E. Peel's cll. c. Gadfly, 3 yrs, ist. 31b 2 dr Wou by half a length. THURSDAY. The Gold Cup (in specie), by subs. of 10 sovs. each. Twice round and a distance. 6 Subs. Mr. T. Walter's b. h. King Cole, 3 yrs, Bst. 101 b ......Marlow Mr. Bradley's b. h. Exorable, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b 2tol on King Cole. Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sore. each, for horses not thorough bred. Heats, twice round and a distance, were won in a canter by Mr. Ongley's b. h. Donnington, aged, 10st. 101 b. (Calloway), beating Captain Lamb's Sheppard, by Memnon, 5 yrs, 10st. The Member;' Plate of 501., for horses, Ike., never having more than 50/. at Ally one time. Heat:, twice round anii distance. Air. Painter's 4'h. f. Patroness, 4 yrs, 8.4 t. 111, ...Marlow I ' t MMr. Topham's ch. m. Bathiany, 4 vrs, Set. llb .. 4 1 2 r. Ness's bl. e. Ascanius, 3 yrs, 'f.st Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Bilboa, 3 yrs, ist. 31b..• ........ .... 3 dr Won cleverly, after a fine race. • ------ HORIVICH RACES.—MURSDAr. Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 4 sot's. each, and 50 added from the Fund, for Hunters, &e., 10st, each; thorough -bred horses, 71b. extra ; and winners of any previous Steeple or Hurdle Races, 71b. extra. Marrs and geldings allowed 3lbs. Heats, twice round and a distance, with two leaps over hurdles four fret high in each heat. Gentlemen riders. 5 Subs. Mr. Hindle's b. g. Blucher, aged ............... M r. Divine 1 1 Mr. Ch ew ' s c. g. Torn Thumb . ' ...... 2 Mr. M asea ll' s b . m. 11Iiss Julia W r i gg l .......... 3e ................... 2 3 Mr. J. Alunday's br. g. Jeroboam ........................ odr Won easily. The Horwich Stakes of 5 sovs. cads, h. ft., with 50 added from the Fund, for horses of all denomination s ; four yrs old, Ost. 51b ; tire yrs, lost ; six yrs, lOst. 61b ; and aged, I Ist ; 71bs. allowed to half-bred horses, and 31bs, to mares and geldings ; the winner of the Hurdle Race, Ms. extra. Heats, twice round and a dis. tanee. Gentlemen riders. 6 Subs. Mr. Chew's bl. g. The Doctor lir. Brotherton 1 I Mr. J. Munday's br. Jeroboam. ........ ..... Mr. Hi n d, e ' s b. g 2 2 . Blucher,r, age d ......... 3 dr Mr. Al asea ll' s Unknown Won easy. 4 dr A Pony Hare Stakes of 3 sots. each, h. ft., and a Purse added from the Fund ; &c. Heats, twice nutd, were won in two heats by Mr. ./. A:waist's b. in. Fair Jane (owner), Mr. Moreton's gr. p. rat, Mr. Ilr:molow' s be. p. 2.!1 1 Mr. Howard's•b. in. Creeping Jenny. RACES. LEE RACES. Thcse races commenced yesterday, and although the weather was unfavourable in the early part of the day, the fineness of the afternoon drew a large concourse of respectable persons to witness the snort, which came off as follows : The Licensed Victuallers' Stake of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added from the Fund, free for all horses. Heats, twice round and a distance. The winner to he sold for 100/., if demanded, &c. Mr. Bacon's eh. It. Sir Felix, b vrs, Bst. 131 b ...11acr!unald I I Mr. s b. g. Jemmy, by %V . :iver'ey, 5 yrs teat. 91b 2 2 Mr. St v i es ' s gr. in. Eltha t n Lass, Ti yrs, Sst. 911) ' Two well contested heats. Won by a neck. ais The Hank Stakes of :3 sovs. each, with 15 added, free for all horses ; the second to save his stake. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., lleats, as above. Barker's b. h. Reform, lOst Owner 1 1 King's b. in. Elizabeth, 5 yrs, 9st. l Ilb Towerton's ch. h. Rustic, 111- ,it 2 3 Turner's ch. Blue Ruin, 4 vrs, 10st —4 . Paget's b. m. Shepherdess, 5 xrs, 94. I Ilb .. . PONTYPOOL 1?A CES.—WEDxF.an4Y. The Monmouthshire Stakes, with 30 sovs. added, for bows, &c., that ncer won 50 sovs., were won in three heats by Mr. Goug . i na. b. m. Cleone, 5 yrs. 01. b. ), Bst. 41b., beating Mr. Morris'6 b. g. by Hesperus, 4 yrs, Sst. 21b. Mr. Mills's Faustina, and two others, after a good race. The Coronation Sweepstakes, with 20 sovs. added from the Fund, for half-bred horses, &c., wem won in two beats by Mr. Phelps's b. h. Baronet, 5 vrs, 71b., beating lkfr. Edward s ' s Cistha Las s , 5 vrs , S st. 4 1b , and Mr. Potter's b. m. Miss Fanny As!ituo, 4 yrs, B . st. 71b. The Hurdle Race Cup, atl,lc4l to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, for Mo,anouth, Brecon, Glamorgan, or Herefurd horses, 12st. each, heats, about two miles, with four leaps in each beat, over hurdles four feet high (gentlemen riders), the last to pay the second's stake, was won in two heats by Mr. Boseley's g. Rambler, beating Mr. A. Ed wards tea. Creeper, Mr. Phelps's Walker, and Mr. fli:kman's Cholstrey. THURSA. The Ponty ooo l S ta k e, with 25 or s }added, for horses of all ages ; heats, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Boseley's Rambler, aged, 9-1., beating Mr. Gough's Hatfield, 5 yrs, test. 111 b., and Mr. Wilkins's b. E Brownlbw, 5 yrs, Sst. 61b, e a s il y . The Hunte rs ' S ta k es, with 20 sovs, added, for half-bred horses, &c., were won in two beats by Mr. Iliekman's Cholstrey, 6 yrs, 12st. 91b, beating Mr. Phelps's Walker, aged, 12st. 21b, and two or three others. The Ladies' Purse, added to a S weepstakes of 3 sous. each, for the beaten hor ses , about two miles, was WOll in three beats by Mr. Edwards's Clytha Lass, beating Fanny Ashton and two others. The Pony Race, for a Purse and Sweep takes, about two miles and a distance, was won in three heats, by Mr. Powell's Toni Tough, beating Mr. lon's Jennet, Mr. Palfred's Red Rose ani some others. A Forced Handicap was won in three heats by Mr. A. Edwards'.. Tattar, beating Mr. Smith na. Victoria and Mr. Smith's Doctor. AQUA TICS. A a tymnr.t. STAIRS Cur c. The second above-bridge match, 'for a Silver Cup and Cover, will take place to-morrow. The follow ing yachts are entered to contend : Na:nes. Tons. Owners. Colours. Arrow Sylph Star 7 ...... Leonard Red cross on white. 6 ~. 6 ...... Sutton Blue cross on white. Ariel ..... ... 7 "eggy The Star and Sylph are the favourites at 6 to 4. Died, on the Ist of August, at Dover, in her 100th par, 'Mary Carter. The deceased, who was much respected by all who knew her, furnished an example worthy the imitation of others in the same humble sphere of life in which she moved. She was unmarried, and lived many yi ars as a servant. , . , AN EFFICIF:NT CONSTABLE.---The WOOIWICII M - igistrates have discharged a constable, named Nicholls, for having got drunk in company with a prison. , r whom he was escorting to Maidstone SEIZURE FOR CUURCII-RATES, ST. SAVIOUR, gtICTIIIVA::.—.Iu extraordinary sensation was inoduced on Thursday aftc.:ooon in Union-stroet, Southwark, in consequent: of the goods of several highly re , peetable tradesmen (members of the Society of Friends) of the parish of St. satiour, Southwark, being sold at Mr. Coulson's Auction-room!, under a distress, i,sued by the Churchwarden, fur Church .rates. The various article; wi:ich were put up for sale fetched. in gener,.l, ye, y high pikes. The room was crowded, and the sale passed oll'apparently in a Very amicable manner. There was, however, evidently a feeling which showed that such means ought not to be re. sorted to for the purpose of obtaining support to the National Church Establishment. SEIZURE OF A STEAM ENCINE ON A RAILWAY roe POOR RATES.— A novel stoppage of the railway train lately to place near Walsall, in Staffordshire. It teems the parochial autholi. ties had thought proper to assess the Company, in respect of their road, toward the relief of the poor but the Company, not being satiated of their liability, demurred to the payment. In consequence a warrant of distress was obtained from a magistrate, and the broker, with his a'. sistants, stood in the road, with handkerchiefs in their hands, and int?. mated the absolute necessity of stopping the engine. The guard, ig. norant of the Cause, and conceiving it was an intimation of some impend. ing dsnger, stopped the engine, and it was instantly seized for the dip. puled rat:, and ona of the carriages was ultimately left in pledge to meet the demand.—Lancaster Paper. • SUICIDE FROM DRINKING.--All inquest was held on Monday last on the body of a weaver named James Wharton, A s tro resided at Newton Heath, and who came to his death under 'hie 4ollowing circumstances :--John Barton stated that the deceased lodged At i kis house, and about eight o'clock on the morning of Monday week was shaving himself. 11'itness was in the same room, and, happen. itltg, l tto turn his head, saw through the glass that blood was Slowing from ' e throat of the d ecease d man , Wi tness as k e d if he h a d cuVh the ftpstif, but he received no reply from him, and the blood beratiVi to stream quickly from a wound which was quite peresr,Vph:, to witness. He exclaimed, " G e od ed bl h es e s p lu lac e ed : have you cni,yinjr throat ?" and, taking hold •the deceased was conveyed to upon a ciistr iv rhi'st an alarm was given. of A dec e as ed , was soon in at tendanCC enit,,,on his recommendation, • t4-st ternents of other witnesses, it appeared that the the Intlrra ' ariMere he remained till yesterday week, when he ex. pirest. From' t a si fi d e a w y a pe s fi n ft si y o . n o , ig a b u t d y t e h a a r t s hofe age, factory i, when be committed i b i t ec T e n . 7l c ri l n w ki a n s g is fo t r imi pe r Z ip t t wO r t A uO i n il t i l l i i s n . g u n re a d n a ad v j e oi rd n i i e n t g ?f Temparary intanity." andtierahsihsi act. — The c a i t 6 l4 j or i k et i DRUNKENN6'§.—What is it that saps the morals of y outh — kills the genii of generous ambition—d eso l ates the domestic hearth —renders fasiAißes fatherless—digs dishonoured graves? Druktn. ness. What makes a man shunned by the relati ves who 'loved bins— conteamed by the contemporaries who outstripped him—reviloi by the v ery wretches who betrayed him P Drunkenness. Whit tills our sly. P same de.- lures with lunatics—our ponds and rivers with suicides --our gaols with thieves and murderers—our streets with Prostitution The me structive vice, LOST, LOST, LOST 1". --We are to ld t h at it is so hot in New Orleans, that, standing at any cor ner , you can see whole suits of What clothes walking along, the o ccupants having melted actually aw ay. a walking al, York Whig. S 141 t: O 2 • rk - TATTERSALL'S—Y F.SFERD4 r. - The zettlin7. for the Goodwood Races took place yestcr424lls 4 l4 . F,A.-- ,, occupied a co n s id era bl e part of the afternoon. Ma It nent fki The Pt. Leger betting commenced a little befure five o'clock, and besides being tolerably brisk, led to elunges of some interest t 3 speculators. lon was backed freely at 7to 2 and 4to 1, the first mentioned }nice being the closing one. Don John was also a better favourite, but was not in much dement. The prineiitil alteration was in Lanercest, whose friends wcrt4 so swoet that was Gang as third favonritc befcro th-o Cothar.-: and Grey Momus were on ths.detLne nor were Apple:on Lad or Al bemarwle, aithongh backed, in rend; favour. Th e l ast pr i ces were as follo :